Name: Boudabousia marimammalium (Hoyles et al. 2001) Nouioui et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Actinomyces marimammalium Hoyles et al. 2001

Etymology: ma.ri.mam.ma’li.um. L. neut. n. mare, the sea; N.L. neut. n. mammalium, of mammals (also as genitive plural of mammalis); N.L. gen. neut. pl. n. marimammalium, of marine mammals [probably better: marimammaliorum]

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCUG 41710; CIP 106509; DSM 15383; M1749/98/1

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ249327 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 184. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3379-3393.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Actinomyces marimammalium Hoyles et al. 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Boudabousia Nouioui et al. 2018. Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.
  • 😷 The taxon name shown here has no risk group assigned, but is the homotypic synonym of Actinomyces marimammalium Hoyles et al. 2001, which has a risk group (Swiss Confederation) above 1. This may require that the name shown here is not treated as the correct name for practical purposes. — The taxon name shown here has no risk group assigned, but is the homotypic synonym of Actinomyces marimammalium Hoyles et al. 2001, which has a risk group (Germany) above 1. This may require that the name shown here is not treated as the correct name for practical purposes.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Boudabousia Nouioui et al. 2018

Assigned by: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.

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Record number: 798115